Business Standard

Microsoft Layoffs

Tech layoffs 2024: IT companies lay off 100,000 employees till July 2024

Major IT firms such as Intel, Microsoft, Intuit, among others have laid off 124,517 employees across the globe till July this year

Tech layoffs 2024: IT companies lay off 100,000 employees till July 2024
Updated On : 05 Aug 2024 | 11:43 AM IST

Microsoft faces backlash over DEI team layoffs amid diversity commitments

Microsoft has laid off its internal team dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) due to 'changing business needs'

Microsoft faces backlash over DEI team layoffs amid diversity commitments
Updated On : 18 Jul 2024 | 12:03 PM IST

Tech layoffs: 98,000 impacted as Apple, Google, others continue job cuts

In May alone, 39 companies laid off a total of 9,742 employees as economic uncertainties continue to impact the tech sector's workforce

Tech layoffs: 98,000 impacted as Apple, Google, others continue job cuts
Updated On : 24 Jun 2024 | 11:14 AM IST

Tech job cut: Microsoft lays off 1,000 employees from mixed reality team

Majority of the jobs cut have been within Microsoft's Strategic Missions and Technologies organisation, which aims to sell the company's cloud software and server rentals for businesses

Tech job cut: Microsoft lays off 1,000 employees from mixed reality team
Updated On : 06 Jun 2024 | 9:52 AM IST

FTC dings Microsoft over Activision Blizzard's 1,900 jobs cuts in court

The FTC said the layoffs show that the merger created areas of overlap and the court should have paused Microsoft's integration of the two companies while the agency completes its in-house trial

FTC dings Microsoft over Activision Blizzard's 1,900 jobs cuts in court
Updated On : 07 Feb 2024 | 9:58 PM IST

Google parent Alphabet fires hundreds from global recruitment team

Firm cut about 12,000 jobs in January, reducing workforce by 6%

Google parent Alphabet fires hundreds from global recruitment team
Updated On : 14 Sep 2023 | 11:33 PM IST

As Apple slows down hiring, Tim Cook says mass layoffs are 'last resort'

Apple services set an all-time record with $20.9 billion in the March quarter

As Apple slows down hiring, Tim Cook says mass layoffs are 'last resort'
Updated On : 08 May 2023 | 9:46 AM IST

Google CEO Sundar Pichai hints at more layoffs, wants to ensure efficiency

The development comes at a time when Google already fired six per cent of its total workforce in January, leaving 12,000 Googlers without a job

Google CEO Sundar Pichai hints at more layoffs, wants to ensure efficiency
Updated On : 13 Apr 2023 | 12:33 PM IST

Microsoft, amid layoffs, says quarterly profit declined 12% to $16.43 bn

Microsoft on Tuesday reported a 12% drop in profit for the October-December quarter, reflecting the economic uncertainty it said led to its decision to cut 10,000 workers. The company reported quarterly profit of $16.43 billion, or $2.20 per share. Excluding one-time items, the company based in Redmond, Washington, said it earned $2.32 a share, which topped Wall Street expectation for adjusted earnings of $2.29 a share. The software maker posted revenue of $52.75 billion in the October-December period, its second fiscal quarter, up 2% from the same period a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet expected Microsoft to post revenue of $52.99 billion for the October-December quarter. Microsoft last week blamed macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities for its decision to cut nearly 5% of its global workforce. It's one of a number of tech companies, including Google, Amazon, Salesforce and Facebook parent Meta, to announce mass layoffs. Microsoft's personal computing .

Microsoft, amid layoffs, says quarterly profit declined 12% to $16.43 bn
Updated On : 25 Jan 2023 | 7:08 AM IST

Microsoft lays off more workers, this time from consumer R&D team: Report

Microsoft, which laid off 1 per cent or 1,800 employees in July, has asked around 200 more employees to go, this time from one of its customer-focused R&D projects, the media reported on Wednesday.

Microsoft lays off more workers, this time from consumer R&D team: Report
Updated On : 10 Aug 2022 | 4:15 PM IST

In a sales and marketing overhaul, Microsoft to cut up to 4,000 jobs

Roles will be eliminated and most of them will be outside the US, says spokesperson

In a sales and marketing overhaul, Microsoft to cut up to 4,000 jobs
Updated On : 08 Jul 2017 | 1:40 AM IST

More IT job cuts: Microsoft says it is laying off 4,000, mostly outside US

Microsoft workers were notified on Thursday if their current job was affected

More IT job cuts: Microsoft says it is laying off 4,000, mostly outside US
Updated On : 08 Jul 2017 | 1:25 AM IST

Microsoft plans to cut 3,000 jobs globally, says report

Layoffs will affect sales, though this move is to better serve customers, partners

Microsoft plans to cut 3,000 jobs globally, says report
Updated On : 07 Jul 2017 | 4:42 AM IST

Thousands face the axe as Microsoft rejigs sales, marketing operations

To woo more customers in areas like artificial intelligence and the cloud

Thousands face the axe as Microsoft rejigs sales, marketing operations
Updated On : 05 Jul 2017 | 2:36 AM IST

Microsoft may be laying off thousands as it plans major sales force overhaul

Thousands of jobs could be cut down the line as a result of the sales shuffle.

Microsoft may be laying off thousands as it plans major sales force overhaul
Updated On : 04 Jul 2017 | 9:36 AM IST